Thursday, March 17, 2016

Escaped flamingo running through traffic corralled by police officers

Officer Jose Romero from Hialeah police in Florida was on routine patrol when he spotted a flamingo running through traffic.
He gave chase, but not before calling for back-up.

The flamingo “lost its way and ended up dodging traffic,” said Hialeah police spokesman Sgt. Carl Zogby, who said the flamingo escaped from Hialeah Park, where there is a colony of the pink tropical birds. “It took three officers to corral it.”

The flighty flamingo ended up in the intersection of East Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street at about 8:30pm on Sunday. With the help of a traffic vest, covering the flamingo’s eyes to calm him down, Zogby said, the officers rounded up the scared bird.